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The University of Craiova is a public university located in Craiova, Romania. It was founded in 1947, initially with four institutes, in the Palace of Justice of Craiova. It is the largest university in the historical Oltenia province of Romania. It was the last university established in the Kingdom of Romania. It was the fifth university in Romania officially approved by the Ministerial Council of the Socialist Republic of Romania in 1965, with seven faculties: Mathematics, Philology, Electrotechnics, Agriculture, Horticulture, Chemistry and Economics. The university is a member of the European University Association.

Minnesota State Community and Technical College is a public community and technical college with multiple campuses in Minnesota. The college is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. It offers more than 70 career and liberal arts programs on its campuses and more than 25 online programs and majors through its eCampus. M State enrolls more than 9,000 campus-based and online students annually.

Lutheran Brethren Seminary is an institute of theological higher education of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America , located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. It shares its campus with the denominational headquarters of the CLBA and the denomination’s high school, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy. The seminary’s primary mission is to train and equip pastors, missionaries, and Christian lay workers for ministry in the Church of the Lutheran Brethren and other church bodies.

Brigham Young University–Idaho is a private college in Rexburg, Idaho. Founded in 1888, the college is owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Previously known as Ricks College, it transitioned from a junior college to a baccalaureate institution in 2001.

St Patrick's College is a for-profit private higher education college based in the United Kingdom with its main campus located at Tower Hill in London. The college offers Higher National Diploma programmes in business and health care. Although its roots trace back to a Catholic primary school founded in Soho in 1803, the college was established in its present form in 1999. Since 2013 it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the corporate group Global University Systems.

The University of Maine at Augusta is a public college in Augusta, Maine. It is part of the University of Maine System. UMA provides baccalaureate and select associate degrees for residents of Central Maine. The university has campuses in Augusta and Bangor, and courses offered online and across the state.

Kanagawa University, abbreviated to Jindai is a private university in Japan. The main campus is located in Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. History The university was founded in 1928 by Yoshimori Yoneda as Yokohama Academy. It was an evening school for the working youth. In 1929 the school was renamed Yokohama College, which had both day and evening schools . On 15 May 1930 the college moved to present-day Rokkakubashi Campus. In 1939 it added the technical departments . In 1949 the college was developed into Kanagawa University, under Japan's new educational system.

Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences is a public university in the city of Weingarten, in the southern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The university was founded in 1962 and tracks advanced fields in Applied Physics and Process Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Automotive and Mechatronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Business & Technology Management as well as Social Work and Healthcare Management. The university has a very good reputation regarding engineering and technology studies; according to CHE ranking, published weekly...

Achva Academic College is a public academic institution located within the jurisdiction of Beer Tuvia Regional Council. The college offers academic studies in science, education, social sciences, and the humanities. It is accredited to grant undergraduate and graduate degrees and teaching diplomas.

Emory & Henry College is a private liberal arts college in Emory, Virginia. The campus comprises of Washington County, which is part of the Appalachian highlands of Southwest Virginia. Founded in 1836, Emory & Henry College is the oldest institution of higher learning in Southwest Virginia.

Tiffin University is a private university in Tiffin, Ohio. It was founded in 1888 and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs at the main campus in Tiffin, Ohio; the University of Bucharest in Romania; and several locations in Ohio, including the Cleveland, Toledo, and Fremont areas, as well as online.

Merced College is a public community college in Merced, California. History In 1961, the Merced High and Le Grand High School Districts petitioned the State Board of Education for permission to set an election to approve the establishment of a junior college district in Merced County. The State Board of Education approved the proposal for the Merced County Junior College on November 10, 1961. The County Superintendent of Schools set February 27, 1962, as the date for the election. Before the election, Robert Clemo, Chief of the Bureau of School District Organization, along with Loren Wann, ...

St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute is a centre for Syriac studies located in Kottayam, Kerala. It is a research centre of the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, History Named after the Syriac saint, Ephrem the Syrian, SEERI was inaugurated on 14 September 1985 by Marthoma Mathews I, Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. It works in collaboration with various churches that share the Syriac patrimony to foster ecumenism and deepen the mutual understanding of these churches in the study and search of their common heritage. It is sponsored and supported by the Archeparchy o...

Georgian College is a College of Applied Arts and Technology in Ontario, Canada. It has 13,000 full-time students, including 4,500 international students from 85 countries, across seven campuses, the largest being in Barrie.

The National University of Advanced Legal Studies / NLU Kochi is a public law school and a National Law University located in Kochi, India. It is the first and only National Law University in the State of Kerala and is one of the 26 NLUs in India. Admissions to the university are done on the basis of the Common Law Admission Test which is one among the Top 10 hardest entrance examinations of India.

National Law Institute University Bhopal is a public law school and a National Law University located in Bhopal, India. Established in 1997 by the State of Madhya Pradesh, it is the second law school established under the National Law School system. In 2022, it was ranked third among law colleges in India by India Today. The university launched its first academic program in 1998, with Indian jurist V.S. Rekhi as the Director. Recognized by the Bar Council of India, the university admits around 120 candidates each year through the Common Law Admission Test UG, for the B.A. LL.B Course and around 60 candidates for the B.Sc.

Located in London, Ontario, Canada, the Library and Information Science program at the University of Western Ontario offers both Masters and PhD level programs through the Faculty of Information and Media Studies . Its Master of Library and Information Science program is one of seven Canadian MLIS programs currently accredited by the American Library Association . Both the PhD and Masters programs in Library and Information Sciences at Western FIMS emphasize research skills development, engagement with professional literature, information technology learning, and professional career prepare...

Southwest Mississippi Community College is a public community college in Summit, Mississippi. History The college was officially started in 1908 as an agricultural high school. The Pike County Agricultural High School opened on September 3, 1918, after receiving approval from the Pike County School Board the previous April. The high school began to incorporate college work into the curriculum in 1929 and by 1932 the school had become a junior college. Fifty-four years later in 1988, the name of the school was officially changed to Southwest Mississippi Community College.

The Federal University of Technology Owerri is a federal government university in Owerri West, Owerri, the capital of Imo State, Nigeria. The university is bounded by the communities of Eziobodo, Ihiagwa, Obinze, Okolochi and Emeabiam. It is the premier federal university of technology in the South-East and South-South parts of Nigeria.

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University is the art school of Tufts University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees dedicated to the visual arts.

Seminex is the widely used abbreviation for Concordia Seminary in Exile , which existed from 1974 to 1987 after a schism in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod . The seminary in exile was formed due to the ongoing Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy that was dividing Protestant churches in the United States. At issue were foundational disagreements on the authority of Scripture and the role of Christianity. During the 1960s, many clergy and members of the LCMS grew concerned about the direction of education at their flagship seminary, Concordia Seminary, in St. Louis, Missouri. Professors at C...

The University of Monterrey is a private Catholic-inspired secondary and higher education institution in the municipality of San Pedro Garza García, belonging to the Metropolitan Area of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Founded in 1969, it is open to all creeds and conditions.

The National College of Arts is a public university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Overview The National College of Arts – Federally Chartered Institute, is the oldest art school in Pakistan and the second oldest in South Asia. The college is ranked as Pakistan's top art school. It consists of over 700 students. The college runs faculty and student exchange programs with the School of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts and the Instituto Superior de Arte. It also hosts the UNESCO Chair in architecture.

Saint Joseph's College of Maine is a private Catholic college in Standish, Maine. It is the only Catholic college in Maine. Saint Joseph's was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1912. The college, run by a lay and religious Board of Trustees, was located on the convent grounds in nearby Portland until 1956 when it moved to its lakeside location in Standish. In 1970, Saint Joseph's became coeducational and six years later began a distance education program for working adults. Saint Joseph's College Online offers its online programs to 2,400 students in 50 states and nine countries.

Hilbert College is a private Franciscan college in Hamburg, New York. The college is named after Mother Colette Hilbert of the Franciscan Sisters of Saint Joseph, who founded the school in 1957 to train teachers. Hilbert College enrolls approximately 800 students and grants both undergraduate and master's degrees.

Vladimir branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration or Vladimir branch of the RANEPA , is one out of 64 branches of the federal state-funded institution of higher professional learning - the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

Voronezh State University is one of the main universities in Central Russia, located in the city of Voronezh. The university was established in 1918 by professors evacuated from the University of Tartu in Estonia. The university has 18 faculties and an enrollment of 22,000 students from Russia, Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia. Besides, the university has 6 research institutes and 16 research laboratories administered by the Russian Academy of Science. The university is composed of 10 buildings and 7 resident halls situated throughout the city. For over 90 years the University has trained...

The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts , often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located in Dresden, Germany. The present institution is the product of a merger between the famous Dresden Art Academy, founded in 1764, the workplace and training ground of a number of influential European artists, and another well-established local art school, Hochschule für Werkkunst Dresden, after World War II.

New Georgian University is a research university in Poti, Georgia . The university was established in 2015 under the patronage of the Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia. University is providing academic programs in Christian Philosophy and Christian Psychology.

National Normal University was a teacher's college in Lebanon, Ohio. Located in southwestern Ohio, it opened in 1855 as Southwestern Normal School and took the name National Normal University in 1870. Alfred Holbrook was the first president and the school's guiding force for most of its existence. He resigned in 1897 after 42 years. In 1907 the NNU became public and changed its name to Lebanon University. The school went bankrupt in and finally closed in 1917. The school merged with Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio. The Warren County Historical Society in Lebanon, Ohio, now holds Lebanon University's records.

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College is a public technical and community college in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. History Chartered by the Ohio Board of Regents in 1969, Cincinnati State was originally Cincinnati Technical College . Its campus was once the home of Central Vocational High School and Courter Technical High School, which both belonged to the Cincinnati Public School District. Cincinnati State was the first technical/community college in Ohio to completely ban smoking from campus buildings. In 2006, Cincinnati State created a ne...

Barstow Community College is a public community college in Barstow, California. It is an open-admission college serving more than 3,700 students in degree and certificate programs with approximately 120 faculty. It provides the first two years of college or university study as part of the California Community Colleges. The college's educational program includes lower-division course work, general education offerings, and vocational courses for transfer to baccalaureate degree institutions. The college offers occupational programs designed to prepare students for entry into the workforce. Se...

Oklahoma Baptist University is a private Baptist university in Shawnee, Oklahoma. It was established in 1910 under the original name of The Baptist University of Oklahoma. OBU is owned and was founded by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma.

Delaware Valley University is a private university in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1896, it enrolls approximately 1,900 students on its suburban, 570-acre campus. DelVal offers more than 28 undergraduate majors, seven master's programs, a doctoral program, and adult education courses.

The Western Sydney University School of Medicine is a constituent body of the College of Health and Science at Western Sydney University, Australia. It became the third medical school offering degrees for medical practice in Sydney after The University of Sydney and The University of New South Wales. In 2007, the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery degree was offered for the first time and in 2019, the Doctor of Medicine program was introduced to replace it.

Acharya Nagarjuna University is a state university in Namburu, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. History The university was established as Nagarjuna University by Act 43 of 1976 of A.P. State Legislature and Governed by Act 4 of 1991 covering 6 Universities of the State. It was inaugurated on 11 September 1976 by then President of India, Sri Fakruddin Ali Ahmed. It was renamed Acharya Nagarjuna University through the A.P. Universities Ordinance, 2004, promulgated by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh. In 1976, Andhra University started a Post-Graduate Centre in Maddi Bala Triupura Sundara...

Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University is a state university located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. History Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University was established by the Divyangjan Sashaktikaran Vibhag of the Government of Uttar Pradesh through an ordinance dated 29 August 2008, which was later replaced by U.P. Act No. 1 of 2009, dated 19 February 2009 and U.P. Act No. 24 of 2011, dated 28 November 2011.

St. Lawrence College is a College of Applied Arts and Technology with three campuses in Eastern Ontario, namely Brockville , Cornwall and Kingston . It is affiliated with private Alpha College of Business & Technology in Toronto and Canadian College in Vancouver.

Edward Waters University is a private Christian historically Black university in Jacksonville, Florida. It was founded in 1866 by members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church as a school to educate freedmen and their children. It was the first independent institution of higher education and the first historically black college in the State of Florida. It continues to be affiliated with the AME Church and is a member of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida.

Virginia Western Community College is a public community college in Roanoke, Virginia. It is part of the Virginia Community College System. Academics As of 2013, Virginia Western had 69 different specified programs that fall under the categories including: Associate of Arts, Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Science, Certificate, or Career Studies. Some of these degrees are used as a stepping stone to many of Virginia's colleges and universities.

Egerton University is a public university in Kenya. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Kenya. Location The main campus of the university is located in Njoro, a small community approximately , southwest of the town of Nakuru. This is located approximately , by road, northwest of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya.

Govt Girls PG College is an institute located in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Students are studies in Arts & Commerce mainly. The institute is located inside Rampur Fort complex. It is affiliated with M.J.P. Rohilkhand University and is accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council , an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India.

AWQAF Africa Muslim Open College is an institution of AWQAF Africa's educational department. It was launched in 2005 to cater for educational needs of the Africans and for people of African origin .

Vermont College of Fine Arts is a private graduate-level art school in Montpelier, Vermont. It offers Master's degrees in a low-residency format. Its faculty includes Pulitzer Prize finalists, National Book Award winners, Newbery Medal honorees, Guggenheim Fellowship and Fulbright Program fellows, and Ford Foundation grant recipients. The literary magazine Hunger Mountain is operated by VCFA writing faculty and students.

St. Xavier's College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India, is a graduate and undergraduate college opened in 2014 by the Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus, the body which also administers St. Xavier's College, Kolkata and other institutes throughout India and abroad.

Mapúa Malayan Colleges Laguna , formerly known as Malayan Colleges Laguna , is a private, research, and nonsectarian university wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mapúa University along Pulo–Diezmo Road in Barangay Diezmo, Cabuyao, Laguna. It was opened on June 18, 2006. MCL is close to the industrial hub of Laguna, giving students easy access to on-the-job training opportunities in prestigious companies.

Our Lady of Fatima University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational basic and higher education institution. History In 1967, Jose C. Olivares, with his son-in-law, Dr. Vicente M. Santos Sr., founded the Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in Valenzuela City. In 1973 he expanded the hospital to include a nursing college.

Colegio San Agustin – Biñan , is a private, Catholic coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Augustinian Province of Santo Niño de Cebu, Philippines of the Order of Saint Augustine in Biñan, Laguna, Philippines. It was founded by the Augustinians 1985.

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